admin | August 22, 2011
Israel and the Islamist Palestinian faction Hamas have called a temporary truce after five days of violence across the border with the Gaza Strip. Israel blamed the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza for launching attacks into the south of the country.
simmons | August 22, 2011
Family members of the policemen killed by the Israelis on the Egypt-Israel border mourn their deaths. The father of Taha Ibrahim said "My son was intentionally killed by bullets. We want retribution....It's a shame not just for me, but for Egypt." Egyptians took to the streets for a second day in a row outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo to demand the expulsion of the ambassador and the closure of the embassy.
simmons | August 22, 2011
Over a dozen rockets fired from Gaza hit the Israeli city of Beersheva on Sunday after one man was killed in overnight rocket fire. Israel has responded with air strikes, wounding at least nine Palestinians. Al Jazeera's Cal Perry reports from Beersheva.
admin | August 22, 2011
Palestinian militants have fired more rockets into Israel today, prompting threats of retaliation in escalating cross-border violence.
admin | August 22, 2011
Two people have been injured, including one child, in the town of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip by a rocket fired from an Israeli drone, according to Palestinian medical sources. Over night, a rocket killed a man in the city of Beersheba and the Israeli army says it won't hesitate to widen its actions in response to these attacks as violence extends into a fourth day. Al Jazeera's Cal Perry reports from Jerusalem
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